Harry Marshall Ward

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Harry Marshall Ward (born March 21, 1854 in Hereford , England; † August 26, 1906 ) was a British botanist who made a name for himself in the field of plant pathology and mycology (fungal science). Its botanical-mycological author's abbreviation is " HMWard ".

Life

Ward became a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1886 , a year later a Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society (FRHS) in 1887 and a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1889 . In 1895 he became professor of botany at Cambridge University after having been awarded the Royal Medal two years earlier in 1893 . He was born with Selina Mary Ward. Kingdon married. Their son was the plant collector Frank Kingdon-Ward (1885-1958). After his wife, the genus Kingdonia is Balf.f. & WWSm. named from the family Circaeasteraceae .

Honors

The mushroom genera Wardina G.Arnaud and Wardinella Batt are named after Harry Marshall Ward . & Peres , Wardomyces F.T.Brooks & Hansf. and Wardomycopsis Udagawa & Furuya .

Works

Timber and some of its diseases. London: Macmillan, 1889.
The Oak: a popular introduction to forest-botany. London: Kegan Paul, 1892.
Disease in plants. London: Macmillan, 1901.
Grasses. A handbook for use in the field and the laboratory. 1901.
Trees: a handbook of forest botany for the woodlands and the laboratory. Vol.1, Buds and twigs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1910.

literature

Peter G. Ayres: Harry Marshall Ward and the Fungal Thread of Death . Amer Phytopathological Society 2005.
GC Ainsworth: Harry Marshall Ward, 1854-1906 . Annu Rev Phytopathol. 1994; 32: 21-5.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymic plant names - extended edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Ward, Harry Marshall
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	HMWard (botanical author abbreviation)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 21, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hereford , England
DATE OF DEATH	August 26, 1906

[Burkhardt_2018-1] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymic plant names - extended edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .